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Commander Shepard and Geralt
CD Projekt boss pays tribute to BioWare for helping bring The Witcher to life 20 years ago: 'BioWare has been a massive part of CDPR history'

By Andy Chalk Published

news BioWare let CD Projekt use the Aurora Engine for its breakout RPG, and then helped them show it off at E3.

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Andrew Wilson, chief executive officer of Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), speaks during the company's EA Play event ahead of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Saturday, June 9, 2018. EA announced that it is introducing a higher-end version of its subscription game-playing service that will include new titles such as Battlefield V and the Madden NFL 19 football game. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
With BioWare dead, EA lays out its 'next chapter,' and it's pretty much as predicted: Guns and football are fine, and everything else is under the microscope

By Andy Chalk Published

news The changes predicted when Saudi Arabia's PIF bought Electronic Arts are coming true.

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Characters from classic BioWare games
RIP BioWare: EA has shut down the legendary RPG developer

By Tyler Wilde Published

news Bloomberg also reports that EA is cutting "around 400 jobs" across the company.

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Pokémon TCG Mega Dream expansion
Nearly $1 million worth of PSA-graded Pokémon and other trading cards have been stolen right outside PSA's headquarters

By Elie Gould Published

News Refunds will be issued to affected parties.

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EA Sports FC 27 screen - bunch of dudes looking at a soccer ball
EA Sports FC 27 gets a PEGI 16 rating in Europe because of loot boxes

By Andy Chalk Published

news Still rated E for Everyone by the ESRB, though.

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A vampire swirls a glass of red wine, or blood, in a dimly lit throne room
'If you can’t show your game to the world without fearing it’ll be cloned, something’s broken' says Moonlighter studio on its canceled demo

By Shaun Prescott Published

News Opus 5.5 continues to wreak havoc among independent devs.

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Aphelion - Thomas looking up at something that has him scared
The studio behind Life is Strange, Jusant, and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is desperately struggling to stay afloat

By Andy Chalk Published

news Don't Nod has begun "safeguard proceedings" to protect itself from creditors and says up to 85 employees are at risk of being let go under its new restructuring plan.

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Samson trailer still - tough guy holding a wrench
Founder of bankrupt Samson studio mulls how to use AI for his next attempt: 'Cutting corners in game development has a habit of coming back to bite you in the ass'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Christopher Sundberg said the goal for his next studio is to make "a game we can afford to finish without needing every sales forecast to come true."

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Key art for ReVamp, showing a vampiric lord placing his hand over a sprawling demonic castle bathed in the blood red of his cloak.
Moonlighter studio won't host a public playtest of its next game due to rampant AI-led cloning: 'We know we're not the only developers feeling this way'

By Shaun Prescott Published

News ReVamp will get a limited Discord playtest.

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Biddy Blas, a crocodile-looking alien racer
Lucasfilm wants to do more Star Wars games like Zero Company and Galactic Racer: 'We’ve tried to be more flexible about who we’re willing to take pitches from'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Not every Star Wars game has to be a big-budget blockbuster to be successful.

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